Trouser liner



H. B. WADLINGTON v TROUSER L INER- Y Filed Aug. 5.1942

Aug. 1, 1944.

Patented Aug. 1., 1944 UNITED STATES PATEN'I ottici-3- TRoUsEn LINER Harry Brown Wadlington, Kansas City, Mo. Application August 5, 1942, serial No. 453,610

1 claim. (ci. 2-224) I My invention is concerned with a liner comprising a cloth layer of peculiar contour adapted to be worn inside .the trousers and attached thereto in a position to extend from front to back across the crotch of the lwearer and wrap partway around each leg, providing a protection and preventing chaflng and discomfort from the rubatively small sheets attached to the bottom edge of the large sheet. These small sheets are of similar formation but ,are rights and lefts and are stitched tothe lower edge of the large sheet and to each otherfor a short distance adjacent the large sheet attached to rear suspender buttons. The liner thus lies within the upper portin of the trousers and extends across the crotch thereof while the V-shaped side portions of the large sheet and the two small sheets are in position to wrap part-way around the wearers legs. In such position the reinforcing patch mentioned is so located as to give additional protection.

the large sheet. Each of these small-portions'.

has the shape of an approximate square with a narrow Vshaped tail, the outer edge of which is a continuation of the outer edge of the approximately square portion.

The large sheet is divided adjacent itsl upper end by a V-shaped notch to form two triangular extension portions formed integrally with the sheet. At the other end of the liner Qthe two smaller fabric members are separated at a considerable distance from the free ends. 'I'he result is that the combined fabric layer is divided at each end to produce four fastening portions, each coming nearly to a point.

At the extreme ends of the fastening portions,

`I provide meansto attach the liner to the Wearers suspender buttonsab the front and rear of the trousers. Such means may readily comprise short loops of tape secured to each of the socalled points. In addition to the three pieces of cloth which make up the body of the liner, I'prefer to apply a triangular reinforcing patchto one of the small pieces located adjacent the edge separating that piece from its mate.

In use the liner is located in the trousers with the tapes or other fastening devices at the ends of the two small sheets attached to the forward two of the front suspender buttons and with.the tapes or other fastening devices at the end of The liner device is cheaply constructed.v -As stated all three main pieces of fabric which are formed as shown in the drawing, are stitched together. 'I'he exterior edge of the liner is preferably hemmed. The device may readily be made in various sizes to conform to diderent sizes of trousers, the same general pattern being followed in all sizes, the result being accomplished by merely enlarging or reducing the When once applied to the trousers the liner may bereadily left within the trousers when they are removed. so as to be in position when the trousers are next used. However, whenever desired to remove the liner for washing, or to change it from one pair of trousers to another. the mere disconnection of the fastening devices from the buttons enables immediate removal.

I claim:

A' liner'for mens trousers having its upper portion adapted to be attached to the interior ofthe trousers above-the crotch and comprising elongated front and back panels, the front lpanel being bifurcated and each panel having a central V-shaped notch at the lower end and pointing upwardly therefrom, the two panels being joined to each other along the edges of such V-notches, said panels being narrower at the top than at the bottom to form four outwardly projecting wing portions, the two wing portions on the back panel .being adapted to extend outwardly along pendently of any other wing portion.

HARRY BROWN WADIJNGTON. 

